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Environmental Review Summary

Project Number

9595

Company Name

Central Saltillo S.A. de C.V.

Date ERS Disclosed

Oct 3, 2000

Country

Mexico

Region

Latin America and the Caribbean

Environmental Category

A - Significant

Status

Completed

Previous Events

Approved : Dec 2, 1999
Signed : Apr 14, 2000
Invested : Oct 4, 2000

Sector

Gas - Thermal Power Generation

Industry

Infrastructure

Department

Regional Industry INF LAC & EUR

Project Description

The Saltillo project is to design, construct, own and operate a 250 MW natural gas-fired, combined cycle power plant, and the construction of a 2 km pipeline. The project site, an easily accessible 15 ha suburban site, is located near the Municipality of Saltillo, Coahuila, about 15 km from the City of Arizpe, Mexico. The site is about 200 km from the US-Mexico border. The required land for the power plant and associated pipeline was acquired by Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) for the Proyect Company.

This is an environmental review category A project. Environmental and social issues associated with this project include: air emissions and air quality impacts, noise from plant operation, water supply and availability, liquid effluents, construction of associated facilities (gas pipeline, transmission line, etc.), fire protection and emergency response, general workplace safety, and economic dislocation caused by land acquisition for the power plant or associated facilities.

The EIA and its Executive Summary for Saltillo have been released locally as well as at the World Bank InfoShop on August 25, 1999. The EAP was prepared and included the EIA Executive Summary. It include preparation of a detailed Environmental Management Manual, appointment of Environmental Officer, implementation of environmental mitigation measures, and various environmental monitoring programs including continuous stack emission monitoring, continuous ambient air quality monitoring at three stations, and noise and wastewater monitoring.

Environmental and Social

Availability of Full Documentation

Environmental and Social Documentation

File Name Actions
Addendum EIA. water well results.pdf
MMA-SOrev04-ing.pdf